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  Abu Dhabi / WAM Musabbah Mubarak Al Murar, Acting General Manager of Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), signed two agreements with Emak Investment Group for the construction of two slipways for boats at Al Bahya and Al Sadr cities on the closing day of Cityscape 2017. He also signed a third agreement with Corner Stone Property Management LLC for building ...

  Socotra / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) delegation, currently visiting Yemen’s Archipelago of Socotra, has launched the first phase of its development projects there. The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Charity International donated AED4 million for the relief campaign targeting vulnerable people in Somalia, under the slogan “For You Somalia”, which aims to eliminate suffering caused by the drought crisis affecting large areas of the country. The campaign is an implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in co-operation ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Travel trade professionals from across the world’s hospitality industry will descend upon Dubai on Monday for the opening of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2017, the region’s leading travel industry showcase. Simon Press, Senior Exhibition Director, ATM, said: “We have visitors registered from all corners of the globe and all facets of the hospitality industry for ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued its Regulations for Electrical Installations 2017 booklet to provide dealers, consultants, electrical engineers and technicians with a guide for the installation and checking of electrical connections, ensuring both their protection and customers. “DEWA is committed to achieving the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business NYU Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Office of Campus Life hosted the 11th Annual MENASA NASPA Conference at NYUAD’s campus on Saadiyat Island. The conference offered 175 student affairs professionals the opportunity to discuss new approaches, challenges and ideas across higher education in the region. As part of the annual program for NASPA, a professional association ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business An impressive 110,000 people from around the region have stepped through the doors of the Expo Centre Sharjah during the first four action-packed days of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). The enormous variety of interactive activities, seminars, workshops and debates is drawing hoards of families and schoolchildren as well as renowned authors, historians, researchers ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Celebrating Russia’s culture of literary genius and the outstanding titles that have enriched world literature, representatives from the Russian section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) have attended the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2017 (SCRF) as the UAE Board on Books for Young People’s Guests of Honour. Russian representatives showcased and ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Space Agency is implementing 14 special events and initiatives as part of its activities for the Year of Giving, which was declared by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. Among the Space Agency’s contribution to the Year of Giving is the Martyrs Badge initiative, in which badges ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Jebel Ali Customs Center, the modern facility and one of the major customs centers in Dubai, boasted a number of quality achievements during 2016. The center recorded 348 seizures of restricted, fake and prohibited materials. This means a 24 percent increase compared to 2015 which recorded 281 seizures. The center, which includes a client center ...